House Democrats press Tillerson on Trump's Muslim retweets

A group of House Democrats is demanding that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson tell them whether President Donald Trump's frequent use of social media is putting U.S. diplomats and Americans traveling abroad at risk.

In a letter sent Wednesday to Tillerson, the 20 members of the Foreign Affairs Committee said they are extremely troubled over Trump's retweets last week of inflammatory videos from a fringe British political group that purported to show violence being committed by Muslims.

They said the retweets represent official statements from the president and present "a serious danger" to Americans by promoting Islamophobia, stoking hatred of America and fueling the recruitment of "those who mean harm to our country and citizens."